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''The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war,no matter how justified,shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation'' --George Washington--

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Dedication to Mickey Quinn.

I wanted to make a tribute to a comrade and
fellow soldier that served with me on my Rapier missile system in the Falklands
War called Mickey Quinn, I asked a friend who is very good at this type of work Spud
Jock Milne and he made the fabulous tribute to Mickey who was sadly
taken early from us all by his PTSD, thank you Spud and Mickey if your looking
down from that big Gun Park in the sky , I hope you like it, “We Will Remember
you “

Rogue Gunner T Shirt

RIP Mickey Quinn

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Those that have never experienced War will always think War a good idea,
Tony McNally

The Royal Artillery Prayer
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who dost everywhere lead
thy people in the way of righteousness, Vouchsafe so as to lead the
Royal Regiment of Artillery, That wherever we serve, on land or sea or in
the air, We may win the glory of doing thy will Amen.

A quarter of homeless people are ex-services and 5,000 former service personnel are in prison.

The Red Poppy Company.

Did you know that each year an average of ten Falklands veterans commit suicide, this means that more soldiers have killed themselves since the end of that war than the fewer than two hundred and fifty eight who died during it.

(Source: Times cover story 12/11/02)

A "tsunami" of mental health problems resulting from the war in Iraq is "headed our way," - -

Ex-servicemen make up a quarter of homeless people in Britain, according to Shelter and the government's social exclusion unit.